-Economic effects of tax policy Archive

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) was built on the idea that lower business and corporate tax rates, new domestic investment incentives, and guardrails against international profit shifting would increase investment, make workers more productive, and ultimately raise output and wages. Did it work? In a new paper with my Tax

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department released much-anticipated guidance for the American Recovery Plan’s (ARP) $350 billion in direct state and local aid, including details on how it will implement the law’s restriction on using ARP funds for state tax cuts. Treasury’s rules give states plenty of flexibility. But there are limits, and

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Regardless of years of prevalent conversation amongst legislators regarding the demand to expand the government earnings tax obligation base, tax obligation expenses have actually stayed extremely secure as a share of the economic situation as well as will likely remain to do so, according to a new study by the Tax Policy Center.

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares By approving a third round of economic impact payments (EIPs) and expanding refundability of the Child Tax Credit, Congress has made refundable tax credits a more important pillar of income support than ever. But using tax credits as a way to provide income security to low-income households creates a significant challenge: How can